ZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERS
Corporate VCTokyo · Seed–Growth · 10 people tracked
Also known as 株式会社ゼンリンフューチャーパートナーズ
Investment thesis
As ZENRIN Group's corporate venture capital arm, the firm invests in and supports startups as a strategic partner, promoting growth through collaboration with the ZENRIN Group. It focuses on ventures creating new innovation in map and location-information technology, aiming to fuse startups' innovative technologies and ideas with ZENRIN's business platform and spatial-temporal information to create new value. Beyond capital, it provides business-linkage and social-implementation support, and makes continuous investments in ventures addressing social challenges according to their growth potential.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 7 of 37 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Consumer ×2Enterprise Software ×2IoT ×2Mobility & Transportation ×2SaaS ×2Advanced Manufacturing ×1
HQs:Japan×7
Investments · 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathPortfolio company invested in via the Goen Musubi No.1 fund
LocationMind provides location intelligence and spatial analysis services using GNSS positioning, satellite imagery, IoT sensing (LiDAR, UWB), and mobile big data to support urban planning, infrastructure, mobility, and commercial applications across multiple sectors.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureIoTTokyo, JP
Naoki Kiritani(Founder / CEO)Ryosuke Shibasaki(Founder / CTO)Dinesh Manandhar(Founder / CDO)
Technology-driven real estate model providing cost-effective vacation rentals and homes completed online.
YAMAP is a mobile application that provides GPS navigation and trail mapping for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts, enabling location tracking even without cellular signal and facilitating trail recording and sharing among users.
ConsumerMobility & Transportation
Skydisc, Inc. provides AI-based digital transformation support for Japan's manufacturing industry, using technology to assist management transformation and let people focus on more creative work.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSFukuoka, JP
Asato Uchimura(代表取締役 CEO)Kentaro Goto(取締役 CSO)Sho Okada(取締役 CFO)Yasushi Kido(取締役 (Founding member))Isao Furukawa(執行役員 VPoE)
NewSpace Intelligence (NSI) provides remote sensing and satellite technology services, using geospatial data analytics, GIS, and machine learning for applications such as crop monitoring, damage assessment, and disaster management.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSpace Tech
Yumiko Nagai(President & CEO)Masahiko Nagai(Chairman)Dorj Ichikawa(CSO & Vice President)Hiroshi Senzoku(CFO)Chairath Sirirattanapol(CTO)Nopphawan Tamkuan(CAO)
REXEV is a Japanese company that provides electric vehicle services, including the "eemo" EV car-sharing service and an e-mobility management platform, as well as "Flemobi," an EV fleet conversion service for corporations, businesses, and municipalities.
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSTokyo, JP
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesestie · fintechobserver.com · Nov 26, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does ZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERS invest at?
- ZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERS invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does ZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERS focus on?
- ZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERS focuses on AI & Machine Learning, IoT, Mobility & Transportation, PropTech, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
- Where is ZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERS located?
- ZENRIN FUTURE PARTNERS is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.
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